Eckart Frahm

German Assyriologist at Yale who wrote Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire — providing the most comprehensive accessible account of the Assyrian Empire for a popular audience.

Made Assyrian civilization accessible to a general audience — Assyria provides the comprehensive account of the world's first great empire: its origins, administrative innovations, military methods, cultural achievements, and sudden collapse, presenting the Assyrian contribution to world history in accessible narrative form.